Mission Highlights:

Final Space Transportation System research and development
flight. In addition to classified Department of Defense payload,
cargo included first Get Away Specials, (G-001) which contained nine
experiments from Utah State University; first commercial experiment
involving Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES);
Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR); Induced Environment
Contamination Monitor (IECM), which was deployed, and two
Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP) experiments. Crew
rock data for two medical experiments on themselves, operated
remote manipulator arm to swing IECM around orbiter, and took
photos of lightning activity in Earth's atmosphere. Two solid rocket
booster casings lost when main parachutes failed and they impacted
water and sank. Some rainwater penetrated protective coating of several
tiles while orbiter on pad. On orbit, affected area turned toward
sun and water vaporized, preventing further tile damage from freezing
water.